I filed a FOIA with DHS for correspondence on EMP / GMD Have you ever, while reading a Senate report, suddenly found yourself compelled to file a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)? No? Well, it actually did happen to me. I was reading the annual report…
Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) Protection and Resilience Guidelines for Critical Infrastructure and Equipment Department of Homeland Security, National Coordinating Center for Communications (NCC). National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD: Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) Protection and Resilience Guidelines for Critical Infrastructure and Equipment Version 2.2 – 5 February 2019 Guidelines are subject to change…
Cyberattacks on grid raise Congressional concern Due to several reports on cyberattacks on the U.S. electric grid, on August 13, 2018 Senator Edward Markey sent letters to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the Department of Energy (DOE), the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) as well as several entities in the electric utility industry. In these…
Congress Passed Critical Infrastructure Protection Provisions in 2016 The Critical Infrastructure Protection Act was a bill introduced in Congress in 2013 and 2015 and finally passed in the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (NDAA). Congress said the provisions were designed to “to protect Americans from an electromagnetic pulse (EMP), a…
